Strategic bombing of Japan

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Strategic_bombing_of_Japan

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:military_operation
gptkbp:casualties	hundreds of thousands of civilians
gptkbp:conductedBy	gptkb:United_States_Army_Air_Forces
gptkbp:controversy	civilian targeting ethics of atomic bomb use
gptkbp:endDate	1945
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Strategic bombing of Japan
gptkbp:influencedBy	Allied air strategy
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Japan
gptkbp:notableCommander	gptkb:Curtis_LeMay
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki gptkb:firebombing_of_Tokyo gptkb:August_6,_1945_(Hiroshima) gptkb:August_9,_1945_(Nagasaki) gptkb:March_9–10,_1945_(Tokyo_firebombing)
gptkbp:objective	break Japanese civilian morale destroy Japanese war industry
gptkbp:opposedBy	gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Army_Air_Service Japanese civil defense
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:Doolittle_Raid strategic bombing of Germany
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Manhattan_Project gptkb:Operation_Downfall gptkb:Pacific_War gptkb:Operation_Meetinghouse gptkb:Operation_Matterhorn
gptkbp:resultedIn	massive civilian casualties contributed to Japanese surrender destruction of Japanese cities
gptkbp:startDate	1944
gptkbp:targetedCity	gptkb:Fukuoka gptkb:Hiroshima gptkb:Kawasaki gptkb:Kobe gptkb:Nagasaki gptkb:Nagoya gptkb:Osaka gptkb:Tokyo gptkb:Yokohama gptkb:Yokosuka gptkb:Kure gptkb:Sasebo gptkb:Omuta gptkb:Ube
gptkbp:usedInAircraft	gptkb:aircraft
gptkbp:weapon	atomic bombs high-explosive bombs incendiary bombs
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:United_States_Army_Air_Forces
gptkbp:bfsLayer	4